Labour figures rally behind Andy Burnham as sole leadership candidate to avoid internal contest
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Jennifer McKiernan
6d ago· 4 min readenNews
Summary
Senior Labour figures Lucy Powell and Steve Reed express unity behind Andy Burnham as the likely sole candidate for the party leadership, arguing that avoiding a contested election would prevent internal damage. They call for an end to infighting and urge the party to rally behind Burnham.
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· 3 pulledHow refreshing that would be - that the whole Labour Party is agreed on the new leader and we don't have to go through a contest that could be damaging at this point in time.
Now we've all got to get behind that leader and stop the kind of infighting and chitter chatter from the background.
I'm pleased that actually what it looks like is we're probably going to have just the one candidate in Andy Burnham.
Lucy Powell and Steve Reed say Labour MPs are backing a coronation of Burnham rather than a contest.
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